XXL Predicts Wale’s First-Week Sales Figures

Wale’s sophomore album, Ambition, hit stores yesterday (November 1) with a bang. With this being the first release for the D.C.-native since signing with Rick Ross’s Maybach Music, the pressure is on. Mr. Folarin, himself, was holding himself to a higher standard with this one. He told XXLMag.com back in August, he wants to be the first Freshman to release a classic.

“None of us have been able to create a critically acclaimed album so to speak,” Wale said. “That was my goal to try to do that. I ain’t really into selling because I’m doing pretty good. I got records on the radio for the first time in my career.”

The MMG rep secured a XL rating from us just yesterday, but that doesn’t necceasarily equate to first-week sales.

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YaBoy

He’s going double aluminum. Gonna do AD numbers – 40K

trenton watts

Out in Moco his hometown he will do numbers, out in Dc real niggas that he doesn’t know aint rocking with him like that (fact). Baltimore n!ggas will push his head of his shoulders. he will sell around 70-87 thousand.

understand, sales dont come from the people in the hood or the peeps that actually listen to the radio. The dedicated fans ( myself) will copp it first week and the anglos (white college kids)

jimmyjam33

lupe fiasco was a freshamn and he made two critically acclaimed albums. kendricks section 8-, i never saw a bad review for tht either. this dude is so regular and theres something about him i just dnt like.

Fire these idiots who obviously arent music and media savvy enough to work for XXL.

Wale will do 130,000+

Currently has 3 songs on the billboard Top 100 1,200,000 twitter followers..the #ambition and #ambitiousgirl movement a current tour..#1 on itunes. IDIOTS IDIOTS IDIOTS IDIOTS

Mr. 306

Yeah no he’ll do 45k or I’ll kill myself. those XXLers got it right

Soyuz

So I supposed that you’re dead now?

billboard

like 130,000 – 150,000

#1 album in country

that1guy

It’s ridiculous how much he’s conformed since signing with mmg. Most Ross albums don’t do that well, and the selfmade album didn’t either. He’s lost a huge fan in me, but I’m sure this over hyped album will go anywhere from 45’000-110’000.

Detroit Dave

I hope he does well, but I aint buying any rapper’s cd until Big KRIT or Nas drops.

g4

y’all are sleeping.wale’s album is number one on iTunes ahead of albums of platinum selling artists such as justin bieber,miranda lambert and florence+machine who all released on 11.1.11. He is gonna do above 200,000 first week and don’t forget before iTunes started the pre-order of the album, Ralphfolarin.com was already doing pre-orders for the album and selling it with shirts and wristbands. Also yesterday,ambition was sold out in major cities in the nation like dallas and dc. lastly ,its a classic album,listen for yourself!

In Your Fucking Face

If He Doesn’t Do Cole Numbers Or Close Its A Failure
175-210k

a

Hits daily double has his sales projections at 170-190K, so almost ALL of y’all r wrong

Tru Talk

he will do way less then he deserves….. 80,000… deserves 200,000

Hip hop

“he wants to be the first Freshman to release a classic”

I guess this fool never heard ReturnOf4eva

Cudi

140-150k ..would have been more if he featured Kione

teddy

triple wood

dre

195,000-200,000 if the store or record label dont under value him… think his last album would of done very well if they under shipped… I remember Best Buy only receive 10 n this was in the DMV area.